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(No ModeL) B. s. PORTER.

. BRACKET. N0..-802,157. Patented-July 15, 1884.

WITNESSES v I 'NVENTOR 7 m, I fidwz'a ATTORNEYS N. PETERS, Mhngnpblr,Walhiflltan, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE; V

BENJAMIN s. PORTER, or R D oAK, IowA.

BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 302,157, dated July1884.

i I Application filed March 18, 1884. (No model.) I

T all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, BENJAMIN S. PORTER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Red Oak, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shingling-Brackets; and I do declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying. drawings,

and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification. y 1 I Figure 1 of the drawings is arepresentation of this invention, and is a perspective view.. Fig. 2 isa vertical section and shows the bracket in position on'a roof.

This invention has relation to a bracket for supporting a staging on aslanting roof while shingling, slating, repairing, &c., and has for itsobject to provide a bracket which can be securely fixed and braced, andalso easily removed. I attain these objects by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings. I

v The letter A represents the bracket, which consists of the longwedge-shaped part B, bent at right angles at a, forming the support G,

which is bent at an acute angle at its upper end, so as to form thebrace D, which terminates in two sharp points, 0 0, these points expartsB inserted at intervals under a course of shingles, as at E, thesupports 0 standing at right angles to the roof. A board is thenplacedon the supports 0 O, with its broad surface resting against thesupports, and thus a staging is formed. Any pressure on the staging willthen pushthe points 0 c and d 01 into the roof and firmly-secure thebracket. bracket is easily removed'bypressing on the front surface ofsupport 0, which causes the points 0 c and d d to be drawn out of theroof.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a roofing-bracket of a bar ofmetal having its rear portion bent upwardly to form a support and thendownwardly at an acute angle to form a prop for the support, and havingat its lower end teeth, and a flat spring secured to the horizontalportion having its forward free end provided with downwardly-projectingteeth, and therefore do not claim such construction, broadly; but,

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and 'desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

As an improved article of manufacture,'the bracket herein described,consisting of the wedge-shaped part B, provided at its rear end withinclined points d d, the support 0, and brace D, forming an acute anglewith the support 0 at its upper end, and terminating in the points 0 c,all made integral, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN S. PORTER.

WVitnesses:

H. H. PALMER,

GEO. E.FIsIIER;

The

